Member Details

One member from each magisterial district and two at-large members appointed for a five-year term.

Overview

This board hears encroachment issues within the 100 foot buffer of the Protective Resource Area for new homes and additions to new homes within the 50 foot buffer.

More Information

Contact the Environmental Programs Office at 804-693-1217 for more information.

Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act

The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (act), section 10.1-2100 et. seq. and section 15.2-2283 of the Code of Virginia, recognizes that healthy state and local economies are integrally related to each other and the environmental health of the Chesapeake Bay.

Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to control and regulate runoff at the source to protect against and minimize pollution and deposition of sediment in wetlands, streams and lakes in Gloucester County which are tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. This chapter is intended to assist in protection of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries from nonpoint source pollution from land uses or appurtenances within the Chesapeake Bay drainage area.

Regulations

Regulations in this chapter are necessary for:

Prevention of any increase in pollution

Promotion of water resource conservation in order to provide for the health, safety and welfare of present and future citizens of the commonwealth

Protection of existing high quality state waters and restoration of all other state waters to a condition or quality that will permit all reasonable public uses and will support the propagation and growth of all aquatic life, including game fish, which might reasonably be expected to inhabit them

Reduction of existing pollution

Safeguarding the clean waters of the commonwealth from pollution

Gloucester Chapter

This chapter establishes criteria used by Gloucester County in granting, denying or modifying requests to subdivide or develop land in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas.